James Franklin and company have their final non-conference opponent come to town before the second half of the season gets going with a trip to Columbus next weekend. The boys welcome UMass to State College on a potentially heavy rain-filled Saturday. Let's chop it up about that and start to dive into the match up with the Buckeyes.

James Franklin and company head to Evanston to take on Northwestern before their bye week. The defense looks to keep up their dominant play while the offense looks to stay with their methodical approach, but maybe with a few more fireworks?

Penn State opens up B10 on the road again as they travel to take on Illinois. Where is this team after two games? Stephen gives the breakdown and dives into the Saturday slate and dabbles in the Aaron Rodgers news as well.

James Franklin and company got the W and looked really good doing so. Drew Allar looked the part and looked how all Penn State fans wanted him to look. Can they keep it going against Delaware? Stephen gives his preview and bounces through the Saturday Slate for the top-25.

The 2023 Penn State football is finally set to kick off Saturday night against West Virginia. Can the Mountaineers pull off the monumental upset? Stephen breaks down the game and gives a preview of the top-25 teams in action as well as his Heisman finalist and College Football Playoff teams.

Stephen is joined by his brother-in-law's brother, Andrew Byrk. Stephen and Andrew dive into the top-25 and give some hot takes on conference winners, under/overachieving teams, Heisman finalists and the four playoff teams.

Next week Stephen will focus on West Virginia and start the weekly Thursday episodes.

The 2023 season is right around the corner. This is Stephen's final rant about the State of the Program. His words are his own.